Linde North America (Bridgewater, N.J.; www.lindeus.com) announced the startup of its new carbon dioxide (CO2) plant in Fort Worth, Tex. The 250 ton-per-day plant is supplying CO2 for food and beverage producers, chemical manufactures as well as a variety of…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Eurotungstene (Grenoble, France), a company within the Eramet Group specialized in developing, manufacturing and marketing metal powders used in diamond tools and hard metal applications.…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) has entered into an agreement to sell its safety prescription eyewear business to HOYA Vision Care, a global leader in the eyeglass lens industry. The safety prescription eyewear business is part of 3M’s Personal Safety…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) inaugurated BASF Coatings (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., its first automotive refinish manufacturing operation in Asia Pacific, located in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China. The new entity was established as BASF completed the acquisition of the automotive refinish…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced today that it will invest in a new, state-of-the-art innovation center in Midland, Michigan. The innovation center will support approximately 200 research and development jobs in Michigan, including 100 newly created jobs…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; www.epa.gov) is proposing to ban certain uses of the toxic chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) due to health risks when used as a degreaser and a spot removal agent in dry cleaning. “For the first time…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has acquired the silica business of the U.S. company J.M. Huber Corp. (Edison, N.J.; www.huber.com) for $630 million. This enables Evonik to expand its position in North America and Asia in this profitable and…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) and Indian manufacturing company Atul Ltd. (www.atul.co.in) have announced their intention to jointly invest in the production of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India, which will include setting up a world-class MCA plant at…
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India; www.praj.net) has entered into a binding agreement with Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL) to set up three new second-generation (2G) bioethanol plants — one each at Panipat, Haryana and Dahej, Gujarat. These plants will have…
Atlas Copco (Stockholm, Sweden; www.atlascopco.com) has agreed to acquire the business of hb Kompressoren Druckluft- und Industrietechnik GmbH, a German distributor and service provider of industrial air compressors and related systems. Hb Kompressoren is based close to Stuttgart and operates…